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Moth has lost her family in an accident. Though she lives with her aunt, she feels alone and uprooted. Until she meets Sani, a boy who is also searching for his roots. If he knows more about where he comes from, maybe he’ll be able to understand his ongoing depression. And if Moth can help him feel grounded, then perhaps she too will discover the history she carries in her bones. More about this book >
Amber McBride at the 2025 National Book Awards Finalist Reading
Amber McBride, 2021 National Book Awards Young People’s Lit. Finalist, reads from ME (MOTH)
Amber McBride’s work has been published in literary magazines including Ploughshares and Provincetown Arts. Her debut young adult novel Me (Moth) was a Finalist for the National Book Award and won the 2022 Coretta Scott King Book Awards’ John Steptoe New Talent Award, among many other accolades. Her sophomore novel We Are All So Good at Smiling was critically acclaimed, garnering five starred reviews. McBride’s middle-grade debut, Gone Wolf, won the Los Angeles Times Book Award in Young Adult Literature. McBride is also the author of the adult poetry collection, Thick with Trouble. She was an assistant professor for a decade at the University of Virginia and James Madison University before she started writing full time.
(Photo credit: Mario McBride)
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